Express & Star

Banks’s, the brewers of the Midlands’ favourite beer, is talent-spotting with the Express & Star to find the Black Country’s biggest footie fan.

We want to hear from Baggies, Wolves and Saddlers fans to get a glimpse of the nutty things you get up to, to support your team.

Send us your stories of slavish devotion beyond the call of duty for the chance to win.

For example, what have you missed to make sure you got to a crucial match? What have you bartered to get every one of your team’s signatures? Who have you disappointed because you just HAD to get to the game?

Entries must be clean, legal and contain no foul language or your entry will get the red card.

If your entry is selected by our referees, you’ll win top-notch hospitality for you and five mates at one of the first home matches of next season from one of the three named local clubs - plus a thirst-quenching supply of Banks’s to see you through the match.

Transport to and from the game will be laid on, so there is no worry about the designated non-drinking driver. Our referees’ decision is final.

Three runners-up in the clash will receive a season’s supply of Banks’s beer from the iconic Wolverhampton-based brewer to help them swallow their defeat. . . sorry lads!

How to enter.

Email us in not more than 50 words why you deserve the title of the Black Country’s Biggest Footie Fan including your name, address and daytime telephone number, to sportscomp@expressandstar.co.uk.

You must include your name, address and daytime telephone number to be eligible to enter.

RULES

Entrants must be aged 18 or over. Closing date for entries is 6am on Monday, May 12, 2008.

The writer of the entry considered by the panel of judges to be the most appropriate will win the first prize of the VIP trip for six to an Albion, Wolves or Saddlers match next season as described and three runners-up each win a season’s supply of Banks’s.

The winners will be notified by telephone. There are no cash alternatives to the prizes and they are non-transferable.

Employees (or their immediate relatives) of the Express & Star/Marston’s may NOT enter. The Editor’s decision is final.

The winners must be prepared to take part in any relevant publicity.